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No need to lead with suspect's profession in crime stories

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POSTED:February 4, 2014 11:00 p.m.

Editor, I have been an dedicated subscriber and reader of the Coastal Courier for some 30 years. Never have I seen an article begin:Kroger employee arrested for child abuse ...Walmart cashier involved in serious wreck ...McDonald’s cook victim of phone scam ...So then why do your articles involving the military begin with: “A Fort Stewart soldier has been arrested and charged with ... ”Often, a person’s employment is an interesting issue, and in those cases, I would think that fact might be included further down in the article. When used as it was in Sunday’s story about the man arrested in the dog-abuse case, it tends to quickly cast the military in a negative light.Remember, one of the most troubling problems the military has is that it must recruit from the general population of America.